Process for producing large-size formed articles consisting of a modified polyamide
AssigneeMontedipe S.p.A.
InventorsPiero Furlan, Sergio Tonti, Gianpietro Talamini
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Abstract
A process for producing large-size formed articles consisting of a modified polyamide, by polymerization of a mixture containing, besides the omega-lactam corresponding to the polyamide, the following reagents: a) a polymerization catalyst selected from the sodium salt and the potassium salt of said omega-lactam; b) a polyoxyalkylene polyamine having a molecular weight ranging from 400 to 5,000 and an amine functionality ranging from 1.9 to 2.5; c) an activator consisting of a polyisocyanate having all the isocyanic groups blocked with a lactam; said reagents being fed, at a temperature of from 105.degree. to 125.degree. C., to a mold heated to 130.degree.-170.degree. C.
Claims24
A process for producing molded articles consisting of a polyamide, comprising casting or rotationally molding a plymerizable mixture comprising an omega-lactam corresponding to the polyamide and:
- a) a polymerization catalyst selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium salts of said omega-lactam and mixtures thereof containing a functional group M, where M is an alkali ion;
- b) a polyoxyalkylene polyamine having NH.sub.2 terminations, as an elastomerizing agent, having a molecular weight from 400 to 5,000 and an aminic functionality substantially ranging from 1.9 to 2.5;
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- c) an activator consisting of a polyiocyanate having all the isocyanic (NCO) groups blocked with a lactam;
- wherein the reagents are distributed, prior to polymerizatio, among two distinct feeding tanks such that a part of the omega-lactam, catalyst (a) and polyoxyalkylene polyamine (b) are fed to one of said tanks, the remaining amount of omega-lactam together with activator (c) are fed to the other of said tanks, and then the contents of the respective tanks are combined to form a mixture and said mixture is fed at a temperature from 105.degree. to 125.degree. C. to a mold which is heated to a temperature from 130.degree. to 170.degree. C.
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